"Hello. I'm Mr. Nice Guy! I may sell advanced weapons to all your worst enemies, and I may have backed Saddam to the hilt, and I may be helping the Iranian Mullahs with their cute little nuclear program, but I really, really like Israel!"
Only the MSM could lap this stuff up.
"Only the MSM could lap this stuff up."
Unfortunately, and no reflection on you, you're wrong. That fact bothers me...
I would hardly call Putin backing Saddam to the hilt, especially compared to the vast majority of our NATO allies. As for selling weapons to Syria, that is silly. On the other hand, Russia sells oil to Israel and the FSB and Mossad have close working relationships. Putin also turned down Arafat 3 times on Arafag's desire to declare his own state.